Toilet inclosure or booth.



G. R. MEYERCORD.

TOILET INCLOSURE 0R BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1913.

1,226,684. Patented Ma 22, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- G. R. MEYERCORD,

TOiLET INCLOSUREOR BOOTH.

APPLICATIO N FILED MAY 31. \9l3.

Patented May22,19l7.

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GEORGE E. MEYERGORD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOILET INGLOSURE OR BOOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31, 1913. Serial No. 770,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. MEYER- CORD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, county of 0001;, State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toilet Inclosures orBooths, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in. the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

It is common practice to construct a toilet inclosure or booth of marbleslabs, but there is an objection to all such constructions in thatexposedmetallic hardware is required for fastening the parts togetherand, in the case of partitions or walls held clear of the floor, exposedmetallic supporting standards are required. a

The exposed hardware requires constant attention to keep it clean and,even when the greatest care is exercised, the hardware becomes unsightlyand more or less unsanitary in time.

The object of my invention isto produce a toilet inclosure or booth madeof sanitary slabs and having no exposed metal fastening or supportingmeans and having the continuity of its surfaces uninterrupted so that itmay at all times be kept easily in a clean and sanitary condition.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but,for a full understanding of my invention and of its objectandadvantages, reference may be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein: a

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a twocompartment toilet inclosurearranged in accordance with a preferred form of my invention, portionsof one of the walls being broken away in order more clearly to disclosethe construction;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on an en-' larged scale. through aportlonof one slde and the front wall of one of the compartments; and 0Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the framework of the inclosure.

In accordance with my invention I build up a skeleton supporting frameof the size and shape which the booth or inclosure is to have andthen'cover the frame with sanitary slabs or panels which serve both asthe walls of the booth or inclosure and completely to conceal thesupporting frame.

,My invention may take various'specific forms and may be employed in theconstruction of booths or inclosures of various sizes and shapes andadapted for various purposes. Inthe drawings I have illustrated theinvention as embodied in a two-compart ment toilet inclosure and, forthesake of brevity I shall confine the detailed description to thisspecific construction, although it will of course be understood that myinvention is not limited to this particular use or to the particularstructural details so illustrated and described.

In the arrangement shown in the drawings the inclosure is one adapted tobe built against a wall and to be closed at the rear by the wall. Theframework consists of two sides each of which may conveniently be madeof three parallel upright angle iorns, l, 2gand 3, secured in anysuitable way to the floor and having their upper ends connected togetherby a horizontal angle iron, 1. The angle irons l are secured to thewall, the angle irons 3 form the front corners or the two sides of theinclosure, and the angle irons 2 are placed between the members 1 and 3.The upper ends of the two angle irons 3 may be connected together byparallel horizontal pieces or angle irons, 5 and 6, the member 5 beingat the upper ends of the members 3 and the members 6 being at such aheight as to form the top of the door openings in the front of theinclosure. Extencling down from the members 6 to the floor are twopieces or angle irons, 7 lying parallel with the members 3 and eachforming one edge of one of the door openings. Each of the members 7 ispreferably connected across to the corresponding corner angle or post bymeans of short pieces, 8 and 9, arranged respectively near the top andat the bottom. Midway between the members 7, and lying in the sameplane, are two upright pieces or angle irons, 10, connected at theirupper ends.to the cross piece 6 and at their lower ends to the floor;the members 10 being spaced apart a distance approximately equal to thewidth of the panel between the two door openings.

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The members 10 may be connected together at the top by a cross piece,11, and at the bottom by a cross piece,

12. Two other cross pieces, 13 and 14:, arearranged between the members10 at a distance apart equal to the height of the partition wall betweenthe two compartments,

veniently consist of two horizontal angle irons, 15 and 16, resting attheir front ends respectively on the cross pieces 13 and 1d and securedin any suitable manner at the1r rear ends to the wall against which thein closure is built; together with an upright piece or angle iron, 17,extending between the members 15 and 16 and secured at its ends tothesemembers midway between the ends of the latter.

The entire framework heretofore clescribed, whether built of angleironsor other structural iron is cheap and simple, requiring only ordinarycommercial metal cut in the desired lengths; and it is easily set up orassembled, since the various members may be rigidly connected togethereither by small rivets or simple stove bolts. Inother words, the frameis built entirely of commercial iron which is simply cut into the properlengths, drilled or punched and then fastened together with bolts orrivets.

While I have referred to the members 2 and 17 as being angle irons,these-members are preferably made in the form of channels to give addedstrength.

After the skeleton frame has been set up it is sheathed, preferably withordinary plaster board cut in panels of the proper size and shape andfastened in any suitable way upon the framework. In the arrangementshown, see particularly Fig. 2, the plaster board in each of the sidewalls is made in the form of two panels, 18 and 19, of a width to fitbetween the members 2 and 3 and the members 1 and 2, respectively, andof a height adapted to extend from the floor to the top pieces 4. Thesheathing may be riveted to the members 1 and 3 Or be tied thereto withwires. The sheathing may be fastened to the members 2 in any suitableway, conveniently by placing on the members 2 U-shaped clips, 20, havingthe free ends of their arms bent laterally as indicated at 21; thesheathing being laid against the bent ends 21 and a pin or nail, 22,being inserted through each clip and the body of the member 2 on theopposite side'of the sheathing. The skeleton frame for the partitionwall may be sheathed in the same way as the sides. The panels of thefront of the inclosure, that is the panels at the sides and between thetwo door openings and across the top thereof may be sheathed by placingbetween the frame members of these panels suitable pieces, such asindicated at 23 in Fig. 2 and wiring or otherwise fastening them inplace.

After the frame has been sheathed it is covered on both sides withplastering as indicated at 24 and 25 in Fig. 2. The combined thicknessesof the sheathing and the two layers of plastering are equal to orslightly greater than the width of the angle irons or channel irons sothat after the plastering is completed, the sides, front and partitionwall of the inclosure are smooth and continuous and of uniformthickness.

The whole is then sheathed with the sanitary slabs or panels, preferablythe white glass known as vitrolite. In the arrangement shown each sideof the inclosure is sheathed on the inside and outside with two largepanels, 26 and 27, extending from the top to the floor. Each side of thepartition wall is similarly sheathed with panels, 28 and 29. The frontis sheathed with suitable panels, 30, 31, 32 and 33. The result is thatin the finished structure there are no exposed fastening means and everywall is smooth and continuous from one edge to another and has noprojections corresponding with the usual hardware; so that there is nohardware to keep clean or to form with the sanitary panels cracks orcrevices in which dirt can collect. V

The finishing panels may be fastened in place in any suitable way,preferably by cementing them to the plastering with suitable layers ofcement, as indicated at 35 and 36.

It is desirable to have the door jambs, where doors are employed, madeof wood, since wood acts as a cushion and protects the more rigidstructure against jars due to slamming the doors. The door jambs mayconveniently be secured in place as illustrated in Fig. 2, 4Orepresenting a door jam'b lying against the angle iron, 7, and fastenedthereto by suitable small bolts, 41, the adj acent finishing panelsbeing made wide enough to overlap the door jamb slightly.

I claim:

1. A booth or inclosure comprising four upright corner angle irons,intermediate uprights of structural iron, transverse members connectingthe uprights together, plaster board of less thickness than the width ofsaid angle irons arranged between and secured to corresponding flangesthereof to form a solid wall, plaster supports on opposite sides of saidplaster board of a thickness suflicient only to conceal the metallicstructure, and sanitary slabs or panels cemented on both sides of thewalls and wholly concealing the plaster.

2. A booth or inclosure open at the top, comprising upright corner angleirons, intermediate uprights of structural iron, transverse membersconnecting the uprights together, plaster board of less thickness thanof the same to the bottom and wholly con- 10 the width of said angleirons arranged beeealing the plaster.

tween and secured to corresponding flanges In testimony whereof, I signthis specifithereolf tofolrm solid walls havinig frefe upcation in thepresence of two witnesses.

per e es, aster on 0p osite si es 0 said plaster boar d of a thickn sssufficient only to GEORGE MEYERGORD conceal the metal structure, andsanitary Witnesses:

slabs or panels cemented on both sides of the WM. F. FREUDENREIGH,

walls and extending from the free top edge RUTH E. ZEYI'IERVALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O."

